Going Down
This week has been the worst week of Donald Trump’s presidency. Tony Burman writes: The announcement early Friday that he and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive was shocking,…
October 2020
Duck Donald, He’s a Fascist
Trump is a terribly despicable person. One might say deplorable. And he surrounds himself with terrible people, and is supported by terrible people. While embarrassing his country with a disgraceful…
The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue returns to top of Alberta independent booksellers’ bestseller list
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold by independent booksellers in Alberta during the week ended Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020. The lists are compiled…
Musical interlude
Texas King – Baby
The Day Covid-19 Finally Caught Up With Donald Trump
In my last post on the Trump-Biden debate, I suggested that Donald Trump should wear an extra large mask. One big enough to shield us from his bigotry AND his…
The Saga Deepens – Trump Off to Hospital
Trump is off to Walter Reed hospital where he’s expected to remain for several days. He’s said to be exhausted and to have developed a fever. It seems there is…
The Immoralist
NYT conservative columnist, David Brooks, writes that Trump and “his felons” are dragging America into moral chaos. The crucial thing about Donald Trump is that he is not a nationalist…
You Silly Bugger. We’re Rich and the Rich Don’t Take Responsibility.
Donald Trump pissed off a lot of people back in March when questioned about whether he felt responsibility for America’s Covid death rate. He replied, “I don’t take any responsibility…
Watching football in Trumpland: Sports and the populist right
US President Donald Trump, joined by Secretary of Defense James Mattis, participates in pre-game ceremonies at the Army-Navy NCAA College football game at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Saturday, Dec.…
Happy Alberta Day, fellow Albertians! Don’t count on having two days off in September, though
Happy “Alberta Day,” my fellow Albertians! Does Jason Kenney have a plan to erase Labour Day and replace it with something called Alberta Day on or about September 1? It…
What If This Had Happened in February, How Many Lives Might Have Been Spared?
What if Donald Trump had contracted Covid-19 months ago at the outset of the pandemic? What if he got a hard case of the disease, akin to the “touch and…
Climate Change & Common Sense: “We ain’t gots none.”
Beautiful, moving sculptures, the old Bugattis are. Yes, they should be converted either to a parallel electric hybrid or solar-hydrogen, as with all internal combustion vehicles. If our society had…
Speaking to Cuban doctors who heal the world
In 2004, Dr. José Armando Arronte Villamarín was posted to head a Cuban medical brigade in Namibia. Cuban medical personnel first came to southwest Africa in 1975 alongside Cuban soldiers;…
Life Aboard Trump’s Incubation Chamber
It’s unclear how Trump, his missus and close aides mingle aboard Air Force One, the presidential incubation chamber, but it is a 747 which means it doesn’t get anywhere at…
This business of news.
From an early age, I was always fascinated by this business of news. Understanding news as a commodity is an essential background for people in the business. It helps if…
Trump’s Covid-19 positive test – the ultimate October Surprise.. the ultimate Karma
News that US President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and other high level Republican officials have tested positive for Covid-19 – and others awaiting test results after potential exposure…
Trump’s Covid-19 positive test – the ultimate October Surprise.. the ultimate Karma
News that US President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and other high level Republican officials have tested positive for Covid-19 – and others awaiting test results after potential exposure…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Reviewing Rick Perlstein’s Reaganland, Martin Gelin writes that the U.S. is paying the price for allowing itself to be trapped in a corporate…
The MEC Mess an Intuitive Understanding
These comments are not based on any comprehensive analysis but rather my intuitive response to what has been filed in court and published online and the media coverage. It appears…
Well Deserved
Donald Trump has tested positive. Frank Bruni writes that there are at least two morals to be drawn from that news: The most obvious is that the coronavirus has not…